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UBVH: Unified Bounding Volume and Scene Geometry Representation for Ray Tracing

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Bounding volume hierarchies (BVHs) are currently the most common data structure used to accelerate ray tracing. The existing BVH methods distinguish between the bounding volume representation associated with the interior BVH nodes and the scene geometry representation associated with leaf nodes.
M. Káčerik, J. Bittner
wiley   +1 more source

FluidMap: Proportional and Spatially Consistent Layout Enrichments in Multidimensional Projections

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
FluidMap faithfully represents the frequency of an attribute and preserves spatial consistency. Current space‐filling methods over‐ or under‐represent attribute categories (i.e., all Voronoi‐based methods), sacrifice spatial consistency (i.e., Nmap) or both (i.e., Voronoi‐MWα).
Daniela Blumberg, Patrick Paetzold, Michael Stroh, Oliver Deussen, Daniel A. Keim, Frederik L. Dennig   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Representativeness of the Natura 2000 network for preserving plant biodiversity in the European Union

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Natura 2000 (N2K) network of protected areas is one of the main tools for area‐based conservation in the European Union (EU), yet its role in preserving plant biodiversity requires better understanding. We examined data kept in the European Vegetation Archive from over 1.2 million vegetation plots and obtained over 14.2 million plant ...
Michele Di Musciano, Piero Zannini, Riccardo Testolin, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Diletta Santovito, Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro, Florian Jansen, Milan Chytrý, Lorenzo Ricci, Emiliano Agrillo, Fabio Attorre, Idoia Biurrun, Gianmaria Bonari, Hans Henrik Bruun, Luigi Cao Pinna, Andraž Čarni, Maria Laura Carranza, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Jürgen Dengler, Michele De Sanctis, Úna Fitzpatrick, Anna Rita Frattaroli, Emmanuel Garbolino, Stephan Hennekens, Ute Jandt, Jan Jansen, Zygmunt Kacki, Ilona Knollová, Jonathan Lenoir, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Tomáš Peterka, Nataša Pipenbaher, Duccio Rocchini, Eszter Ruprecht, Solvita Rūsiņa, Urban Šilc, Sonja Škornik, Grzegorz Swacha, Milan Valachovič, Kiril Vassilev, Wolfgang Willner, Alessandro Chiarucci   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economic effect of discrimination: Evidence from the restaurant sector

Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 226-259, April 2025.
Abstract Discrimination often leads to economic consequences for affected groups. This study examines the economic impact of consumer discrimination on Chinese restaurants in the U.S. during the COVID‐19 pandemic's onset. Using cell phone data and revenue records, it identifies a significant −10% relative decline in visits to Chinese restaurants by ...
Guanting Yi
wiley   +1 more source

Trade and ethnolinguistic differences: A replication and extension

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract We revisit the role of trade on long‐run inter‐ethnic linguistic differences. Dickens (2022) hypothesized that neighboring languages are more similar when agriculture provides potential gains from inter‐ethnic trade. Since his empirical approach confounds inter‐ and intra‐ethnic trade, we replicate his main analysis using improved measures of ...
Javier Gonzalez, Ömer Özak
wiley   +1 more source

Protein tandem repeats that produce frameshifts can generate new structural states and functions

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
We explored an alternative protein structure landscape by analyzing amino acid sequences from frameshifted tandem repeats—regions prone to frameshifts. These frameshifts, especially in short repeats, lead to more drastic changes than in non‐repetitive regions, often altering structure, function, localization, and potentially contributing to disease ...
Zarifa Osmanli, Gudrun Aldrian, Jeremy Leclercq, Theo Falgarone, Santiago M. Gómez Bergna, Denis N. Prada Gori, Andrew V. Oleinikov, Ilham Shahmuradov, Andrey V. Kajava   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unmanaged forest swamps benefit saproxylic and soil‐inhabiting crane fly communities

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Species richness of both saproxylic and soil‐inhabiting crane flies was consistently higher in unmanaged forests across all habitat types. Soil‐inhabiting species thrived in swamps and ditches, while saproxylic richness was linked to low light and high soil moisture, independent of habitat type.
David Bille Byriel, Mathias Just Justesen, Sebastian Kepfer‐Rojas, Lasse Gottlieb, Inger Kappel Schmidt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simple wave-field rendering for photorealistic reconstruction in polygon-based high-definition computer holography

J. Electronic Imaging, 2012
K. Matsushima, H. Nishi, Sumio Nakahara
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Strategic Flip‐Flopping in Political Competition

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study candidates' position adjustments in response to information about voters' preferences. Repositioning allows candidates to move closer to the median voter, but it incurs financial and electoral costs. In a subgame‐perfect equilibrium, candidates diverge from the center ex ante if the costs of adjustment are sufficiently large.
Gaëtan Fournier, Alberto Grillo, Yevgeny Tsodikovich   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Handling Out‐of‐Sample Areas to Estimate the Unemployment Rate at Local Labour Market Areas in Italy

International Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary Unemployment rate estimates for small areas are used to efficiently support the distribution of services and the allocation of resources, grants and funding. A Fay–Herriot type model is the most used tool to obtain these estimates. Under this approach out‐of‐sample areas require some synthetic estimates. As the geographical context is extremely
Roberto Benedetti, Federica Piersimoni, Monica Pratesi, Nicola Salvati, Thomas Suesse   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source